I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted here. I have sat down many times to post pictures and the happenings of our crazy yet blessed life and just have never managed to complete my post.
Life here at the Hicks house has been a huge whirlwind lately. We finally put up our Christmas tree last week. We had hoped to get a real tree this year but that just didn't happen. The kids love to help decorate the tree,so much so that 
there is usually no room for mommy to help so.... this year I let them do all the work. Whiz kid of course was the master mind behind the tree. The perfectionist in him (like his daddy) requires him to plan and prepare to make it perfect. Everyone else was happy to get all the pieces out and hand them to him to put the tree together. The decorating part was a group effort. Princess was our decorating deva. She loves to decorate and definitely has her own style of things. They definitely had fun putting the tree up. Can you tell?
there is usually no room for mommy to help so.... this year I let them do all the work. Whiz kid of course was the master mind behind the tree. The perfectionist in him (like his daddy) requires him to plan and prepare to make it perfect. Everyone else was happy to get all the pieces out and hand them to him to put the tree together. The decorating part was a group effort. Princess was our decorating deva. She loves to decorate and definitely has her own style of things. They definitely had fun putting the tree up. Can you tell? We have been busy making Christmas cookies and carmel corn (which o.k., I usually make for Halloween but we all love it so much I thought we would make some more.). The kids love helping and it's good math and fractions, right?! Here the boys spent a day with me making cookies and the girls were with their Nana G making cookies with her.
I had my annual Christmas workshop last Friday here at the house and we had a lot of fun. We all played Catch Phrase to try and loosen everyone up a bit and to help everyone get to know each other a little more. I think the actual workshop opened people up a more than the game but we all had fun. I was also able to reward my customers who brought pictures for their layouts to 10 workshops over this past year with a FREE 12x12 Album. I love doing that. It is just an extra perk I give to my customers because I love how it feels to get my layouts complete. With everyone's busy schedule it is hard to get the photos printed to the sizes needed for the layouts but this gives them an added incentive.
Well, tonight continues the Christmas celebration. Tinkerbell has her Christmas production and we will all get to celebrate with her. I love this time of the year!
The tree looks great and the peanut butter kisses yummy! They are my boys favorite so I need to get baking here too. My youngest granddaughter told Santa she wants cookies, shaped like trees, with sprinkles on top so I best get them done before they leave for NC. Wish we could come down this year. I hardly recognize WhizKid, he's grown up so much!
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